Dallas Cowboys 2021 Regular Season Thread -- Money, Masks, & Masochism

[Loch Ness Monster 3,533]

Covid gonna be big in the playoffs. A team could easily have eight starters out. Hope not but seems possible.

[MonkeyCigarette 143]

Washington, on only 5 days of rest after losing to the Eagles and essentially ending their playoff hopes, should come in dejected, tired and give up if down early, right? 

Edited December 22, 2021 by MonkeyCigarette

[markstanco 12,586]

I read last night that WFT is actually aggy. They were so upset over the cowboys ordering heated benches that they too ordered them the next day and are bringing them to Arlington.

Should keep their players nice and warm in the dome.

[kevwun 15,825]

11 hours ago, Loch Ness Monster said:

Covid gonna be big in the playoffs. A team could easily have eight starters out. Hope not but seems possible.

Then it's a good thing 3/4 of the cowboys have already had it.

[Vic Mackey 47,102]

[Vic Mackey 47,102]

14 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Yeah beating the cards puts the rams in the division lead and tied, if nobody else loses that is 10-4 right now. 
 

looking at that gb-min game too as a decent chance for the pack to drop into the group. 
 

you have 4 teams fighting for 2 wildcard spots essentially in the nfc with sf a game up on the rest and Philly probably with the easiest remaining schedule. 

I'll never bet on Kirk Cousins beating Rodgers in an important game. Green Boy owns those losers in Minnesota. I'd love for it to happen, though. 

[Vic Mackey 47,102]

[Hermanator 7,127]

That's a weird bet. It should be easy easier to get touchdowns plus turnovers by the defense directly leads to offensive touchdowns. They don't get a TD last week if the defense didn't give them two very short fields

[Pato del Muerto 52,551]

I’m all for it. Not like the offense is winning that bet on a per game basis lately. 

[Hermanator 7,127]

Whatever gets the defense to do what they've done this year works for me. 

That said if the offense loses that bet the OC should be fired

[DougO 5,254]

It should be net TDs minus turnovers for the offense.

[Pato del Muerto 52,551]

3 minutes ago, DougO said:

It should be net TDs minus turnovers for the offense.

And defensive tds add to the turnover total

[markstanco 12,586]

It should be net TDs minus turnovers for the offense.

F that. I like their confidence.

[Texzilla58 4,741]

I hate shit like this. Don’t be yammering on social media about it. How bout focusing on winning a ring instead of getting Dak to pay for a trip ‘after that final game”. I’m thinking they get the 2 seed and lose to the 7 as they’ll be all eat up with their personal shit.

Now the d will be taunting the offense with every turnover while they run dow to the end zone for some choreographed bullshit, and vice versa. McCarthy needs to crack some whip.

[Sgt Hulk 13,816]

Simmer down boomer 

[TornACL 7,722]

On 12/21/2021 at 1:31 PM, Porterhouse said:

I do not want to host either the Rams or Niners in the WC Round. There is a very good chance we’d lose. 

Some of yall are scared of the Niners?

Lol, stop being pussies.

Jimmy G fucking sucks. 

[TornACL 7,722]

3 hours ago, Texzilla58 said:

McCarthy needs to crack some whip.

Seems kinda racist. 

[Vic Mackey 47,102]

Some of yall are scared of the Niners?
Lol, stop being pussies.
Jimmy G fucking sucks. 

It's not like Dak is playing that good though. First half of the season, wouldn't be worried about them at all. But as of now with this offense, totally different story. People are naive if they think we can lean on the defense to make a deep playoff run. We need that offense to get it in gear and fast.

[TornACL 7,722]

12 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

18 minutes ago, TornACL said:

Some of yall are scared of the Niners?
Lol, stop being pussies.
Jimmy G fucking sucks. 

It's not like Dak is playing that good though. First half of the season, wouldn't be worried about them at all. But as of now with this offense, totally different story. People are naive if they think we can lean on the defense to make a deep playoff run. We need that offense to get it in gear and fast.

Relax. Only pussies are afraid of the 49ers. See: The Bitch Titans. 

[Vic Mackey 47,102]

Relax. Only pussies are afraid of the 49ers. See: The Bitch Titans. 

I'm not as afraid of them. I'm more afraid of our own offense right now. We are our own worst enemy. If our offense was playing like it did in the first half with how our defense is playing, no team in the league would worry me

[Pato del Muerto 52,551]

Sometimes I’m my own worst enemy. 
 

I guess that’s just the Cowboys in me. 
 

 

that sounds dirtier than I intended when I thought it up. 

[LonghornJudas 1,101]

And we're in! Thanks, Titans.

[Assman 1,830]

[Vic Mackey 47,102]

Playoffs!!! 

[Texzilla58 4,741]

Playoffs were expected as the rest of the east collapsed. This offense has turned to dogshit. Zeke is done, used up, with that dumb shot contract. Pollard is hopefully back to playable. Dak is either hurt or a head case. The WRs are whining about balls. Offense is not playing g as a team.

If this team doesn’t win it this year the cap is a mess next year. 10 players eat up $178mil. Out of $208m.

[Hate 20,130]

1 hour ago, Texzilla58 said:

Playoffs were expected as the rest of the east collapsed. This offense has turned to dogshit. Zeke is done, used up, with that dumb shot contract. Pollard is hopefully back to playable. Dak is either hurt or a head case. The WRs are whining about balls. Offense is not playing g as a team.

If this team doesn’t win it this year the cap is a mess next year. 10 players eat up $178mil. Out of $208m.

[C-Man 27,243]

2 hours ago, Texzilla58 said:

Playoffs were expected as the rest of the east collapsed. This offense has turned to dogshit. Zeke is done, used up, with that dumb shot contract. Pollard is hopefully back to playable. Dak is either hurt or a head case. The WRs are whining about balls. Offense is not playing g as a team.

If this team doesn’t win it this year the cap is a mess next year. 10 players eat up $178mil. Out of $208m.

Zeke isn't "done." He's clearly hurt, or at least hurting. Doesn't mean I think he'll play up to the value of his contract but he'll be better than this at some point.

[Underdog 28,762]

7 hours ago, Assman said:

Never gets old. 

[Loch Ness Monster 3,533]

An NFL team not having at least one player being overpaid for their 2021 contribution has to be incredibly rare. Especially when you add in injuries.

Positive of Zeke is generally you can trust him. He's not out there fumbling, sitting out injured like McCaffrey, or missing blocks every week. 

[Pig Bellmont 8,719]

14 hours ago, Texzilla58 said:

hate shit like this. Don’t be yammering on social media about it.

He was being interviewed during player availability to the media. He wasn’t posting a TikTok.  I’m with McCarthy who made a comment that it shows player camaraderie, and that’s a good thing 

Edited December 24, 2021 by Pig Bellmont

[Hermanator 7,127]

15 hours ago, Texzilla58 said:

Now the d will be taunting the offense with every turnover while they run dow to the end zone for some choreographed bullshit, and vice versa. McCarthy needs to crack some whip.

[Trey3216 15,350]

19 hours ago, Texzilla58 said:

I hate shit like this. Don’t be yammering on social media about it. How bout focusing on winning a ring instead of getting Dak to pay for a trip ‘after that final game”. I’m thinking they get the 2 seed and lose to the 7 as they’ll be all eat up with their personal shit.

Now the d will be taunting the offense with every turnover while they run dow to the end zone for some choreographed bullshit, and vice versa. McCarthy needs to crack some whip.

You sound fun at parties 

[Trey3216 15,350]

12 hours ago, Texzilla58 said:

Playoffs were expected as the rest of the east collapsed. This offense has turned to dogshit. Zeke is done, used up, with that dumb shot contract. Pollard is hopefully back to playable. Dak is either hurt or a head case. The WRs are whining about balls. Offense is not playing g as a team.

If this team doesn’t win it this year the cap is a mess next year. 10 players eat up $178mil. Out of $208m.

The cap is fine.   Chill the fuck out man 

[Drew 2,511]

18 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

18 hours ago, TornACL said:

Some of yall are scared of the Niners?
Lol, stop being pussies.
Jimmy G fucking sucks. 

It's not like Dak is playing that good though. First half of the season, wouldn't be worried about them at all. But as of now with this offense, totally different story. People are naive if they think we can lean on the defense to make a deep playoff run. We need that offense to get it in gear and fast.

You're naive if you think Offense has EVER been the key to a deep playoff run.  They've ALWAYS needed a defense, and they can actually lean on them now. You telling me Dak and the offense can't be as good as the Brady Bucs offense was last year? Or the Manning Broncos that won a SB(people forget he was trash that year).  Think this offense can't do at least enough to make it seem like they're the 07/11 Giants with Eli?

I of course want Dak and the offense to be better.  Nothing would infuriate me more than the Cowboys to make a SB on the strength of the defense while the offense was just average...it would give the idiots who think Dak sucks even MORE ammunition, ugh.

17 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

17 hours ago, TornACL said:

Relax. Only pussies are afraid of the 49ers. See: The Bitch Titans. 

I'm not as afraid of them. I'm more afraid of our own offense right now. We are our own worst enemy. If our offense was playing like it did in the first half with how our defense is playing, no team in the league would worry me

God damn you can be such a fucking pussy sometimes.  Yes we all suffered from the last 25 years of PTSD.  We lived through a decade of Garrett.  Can we just PLEASE let THIS year be THIS year and not let all our feeling of decades of "oh no, here we go again" overwhelm us?

I don't think any other team would have reeled off 4 strait, 3 ON THE ROAD for christ's sake, with the piss poor offense they've been throwing out there.   We need to be happy they're actually winning these games this way.  NONE have even been in doubt.  Not even WFT.

15 hours ago, Texzilla58 said:

Playoffs were expected as the rest of the east collapsed. This offense has turned to dogshit. Zeke is done, used up, with that dumb shot contract. Pollard is hopefully back to playable. Dak is either hurt or a head case. The WRs are whining about balls. Offense is not playing g as a team.

If this team doesn’t win it this year the cap is a mess next year. 10 players eat up $178mil. Out of $208m.

How many times we gonna do this shit...there is NO SUCH THING as Cap Hell.  At least not in the last 20 years.  Even the Rams, with a bloated top 20 roster over highly paid players with no draft picks continues to maneuver as if the cap doesn't exist.

If the Cowboys let players go, or don't sign player, it's because they have decided that's the best course of action.  Blame them.  Not the cap.

Just like Dak's Cap hit will NEVER be an issue. Ever.  Only way it could be is if he suffers a career ending injury.

2 hours ago, Trey3216 said:

The cap is fine.   Chill the fuck out man 

Fucking this.

[Sgt Hulk 13,816]

Fucjing Covid 

[Vic Mackey 47,102]

Fucking this.

The 3 teams we beat on the road included the Giants and Washington. Yawn. And the offense looked like shit in both games. As well as the Saints game. Until further notice, this offense is broken on so many levels. Come playoff time, the room for error for that unit will be very small. We aren't going to be playing shitty teams where we can take 3 quarters off and expect to win.

They still have 3 games left to right the ship so we'll see. But if you aren't concerned about this offense, you're out of your mind.

[Trey3216 15,350]

10 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

The 3 teams we beat on the road included the Giants and Washington. Yawn. And the offense looked like shit in both games. As well as the Saints game. Until further notice, this offense is broken on so many levels. Come playoff time, the room for error for that unit will be very small. We aren't going to be playing shitty teams where we can take 3 quarters off and expect to win.

They still have 3 games left to right the ship so we'll see. But if you aren't concerned about this offense, you're out of your mind.

Being concerned about the offense and being a myopic bitch are two different things.   I swear I don’t see how some of y’all dress yourselves in the morning.   

[youdunnf'dup 2,147]

I feel like I’m usually not the optimistic one in this thread, but with our pass rush I’m not scared of anyone. I realize winning in lambeau is a longshot but I genuinely think we have the best pass rush in the league. I’ve never really thought Dak is a top 5 qb like some have, but I’ve always thought he was a mentally tough dude. I just don’t see the offense struggling like this when it’s crunch time and we have to have it. Anything short of a nfc championship appearance is a failure in my opinion. 

[conVINCEd 21,469]

36 minutes ago, youdunnf'dup said:

I feel like I’m usually not the optimistic one in this thread, but with our pass rush I’m not scared of anyone. I realize winning in lambeau is a longshot but I genuinely think we have the best pass rush in the league. I’ve never really thought Dak is a top 5 qb like some have, but I’ve always thought he was a mentally tough dude. I just don’t see the offense struggling like this when it’s crunch time and we have to have it. Anything short of a nfc championship appearance is a failure in my opinion. 

We need Tyron healthy.  Dak operates with more confidence when the big fella has his back.  We also need to find his replacement this offseason, because his days are numbered.  But for this season, we need him back for this offense to hum.  Whatever it takes to make that happen needs to be done yesterday.

[DougO 5,254]

It's always tough to win on the road, but Dallas hasn't had a real home field advantage since they moved to Jerry World.

[Pato del Muerto 52,551]

35 minutes ago, DougO said:

It's always tough to win on the road, but Dallas hasn't had a real home field advantage since they moved to Jerry World.

I think playoff crowds, both home and away, will be more normal home field advantage as fewer people will be selling. 

[futureman 22,517]

On 12/24/2021 at 12:09 AM, Texzilla58 said:

the cap is a mess next year. 10 players eat up $178mil. Out of $208m.

[Horn80 6,131]

15 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

The 3 teams we beat on the road included the Giants and Washington. Yawn. And the offense looked like shit in both games. As well as the Saints game. Until further notice, this offense is broken on so many levels. Come playoff time, the room for error for that unit will be very small. We aren't going to be playing shitty teams where we can take 3 quarters off and expect to win.

They still have 3 games left to right the ship so we'll see. But if you aren't concerned about this offense, you're out of your mind.

I’m not as overall pessimistic because the D is tough and if the offense does start to click, which they are very capable of doing, the Cowboys got a good puncher’s chance to make it to SB.

[Drew 2,511]

The 3 teams we beat on the road included the Giants and Washington. Yawn. And the offense looked like shit in both games. As well as the Saints game. Until further notice, this offense is broken on so many levels. Come playoff time, the room for error for that unit will be very small. We aren't going to be playing shitty teams where we can take 3 quarters off and expect to win.

They still have 3 games left to right the ship so we'll see. But if you aren't concerned about this offense, you're out of your mind.

Okay…and? It’s 3 road wins in the NFL in 2021 when top seeds are losing to the fucking Lions.

But cool, let’s act like they’re just a mediocre team and have no chance just because it fits your “the sky is falling” narrative.

Stop being a bitch. Man up and have some fucking optimism. Or stop ducking caring. Jesus.

[youdunnf'dup 2,147]

Baker really had a chance to help us out today, and he blew it…

Fuck it. Handle your business and get the 2 seed 

[LTtxfan 49,327]

12 hours ago, youdunnf'dup said:

Baker really had a chance to help us out today, and he blew it…     Fuck it. Handle your business and get the 2 seed 

 

[Loch Ness Monster 3,533]

Not sure why some of you are sports fans. 31 out of 32 teams will fall short in the end. Might as well enjoy the good times and the Cowboys have had a fun ride this year.

Oh and fuck Baker Mayfield. 

[youdunnf'dup 2,147]

51 minutes ago, Loch Ness Monster said:

Not sure why some of you are sports fans. 31 out of 32 teams will fall short in the end. Might as well enjoy the good times and the Cowboys have had a fun ride this year.

Oh and fuck Baker Mayfield. 

Look, man. I’m 30 years old. I just hold out hope that one year I can stick my chest out and say “suck my dick, bitch. Super bowl champs. 6 rings” 

 

I just missed out on the 90s dynasty. My dad and older brothers gives me shit about that all the time. 

Edited December 26, 2021 by youdunnf'dup

[Loch Ness Monster 3,533]

True. I'm all in emotionally this season as well but just gotta smell the roses.

Could be 30 years from now and the Cowboys win their first Super Bowl in over 50 years and some fans would still wake up the next day and be talking about being pessimistic about repeating as champs.

[LTtxfan 49,327]

On 12/25/2021 at 1:12 PM, youdunnf'dup said:

Anything short of a nfc championship appearance is a failure in my opinion. 

FIFY below...

"Anything short of a 2nd Rd playoff appearance is a failure in my opinion. "

 

Edited December 26, 2021 by LTtxfan